To negotiate the numerous curves found on today’s rails, innovative holding mechanisms were created and attached to these 89 foot flatcars which allow the large blades to pivot their way around ... (more)

Looking a little worse for wear, three Warbonnet painted locomotives and one War Pumpkin perform a little switching before dropping off their rear two units and more)

With a blue flag erected and sitting atop the mainline, today’s North Antelope Mine special gets a refreshing filler up of diesel as the train makes a quick pit-stop in Pueblo.

Built by the Wagner Palace Sleeping Car Company in 1882, the CF&I Mine Rescue Car came to western steel giant in 1923 after being purchased from the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The CF&I would use this ... (more)

The UP Canon City local takes a break at its normal parking spot on track 45 in the massive UP yard with another load of cement hoppers from the Holcin Cement Plant just over 26 miles away.

Independence Day finds a relatively packed yard for the BNSF in Pueblo as the local train 101 shoves a cut of covered hoppers back into track 5, the DENKCK can be seen with illuminated head lights... (more)

Besides the BNSF Swoosh, this recently repainted nose of an EMD SD40-2 displays other new hardware the unit has received such as remote control equipment, “SmartStart” parts as well as a high-... (more)

A pair of veteran H2 painted SD70MACs pull a nice long and loaded coal train along its final miles before it will reach its destination of the local Xcel Energy Comanche plant just 4 miles from he... (more)

The power for today’s CCQNA train head back to their train tied down in the yard as the BNSF DENKCK heads out of town with cars from more)

When competitor rail lines are built next to one another like they are in Colorado, the need to properly identify your mainline is always crucial.

With their train parked on the mainline off to the right, the foreign Nordique visitors from Canada head to the roundhouse track to drop off the 8851 before the remaining due of GE units leads thi... (more)

The always versatile 89’4” flatcar can carry pretty much anything with only a few slight modifications. Whether it’s a Boeing ... (more)

An empty coal train rounds the curve underneath the Main Street bridge and passes alongside the levee walls as this hopper train heads for a parking spot in the UP yard to tie down and call it a n... (more)

A surprising empty soda ash train rolls into the former Rio Grande yard on track 58 where it will tie down amongst the other freight cars including a more)

As it sits on the fuel track, the BNSF 1543 gest passed by a tank car that has seen some better days and is oddly enough being carried by a former Southern Railway auto rack flatcar still wearing ... (more)